BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – Binghamton men's tennis (1-1) played their second match of the spring season against Navy (4-2) at the Lane – Starke Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon.
The team of Ronin Lotlikar and Harry Liao picked up their second victory as a doubles pair with a 6-3 win over Navy pair Jason and Tommy Kim.
With his win today, Lotlikar now sits third all-time in program history with 71 careers win. He is now two wins away from the program record (73).
Filipe Costa and Dylan Breen also picked up their second victory as a pair in doubles, winning 6-3 to give Binghamton the lone point in the doubles scoring.
In singles action, Lotlikar was victorious in his match, winning 7-5, 7-5 to give Binghamton their only point from singles competition.
Navy 5, Binghamton University 2
Doubles competition
1. Lotlikar,Ronin/Liao,Harry (BING) def. Kim, Jason/Kim, Tommy (NAVY) 6-3
2. Costa,Filipe/Breen,Dylan (BING) def. Ayinala, Aniketh/Young, Jake (NAVY) 6-3
3. Garcia, Ethan/Buckingham, Lachlan (NAVY) def. Sakkas,Giannis/Ajed,Andre (BING) 6-4
Singles competition
1. Lotlikar,Ronin (BING) def. Legaspi, Herrick (NAVY) 7-5, 7-5
2. Ayinala, Aniketh (NAVY) def. Costa,Filipe (BING) 6-2, 6-2
3. Cutone, George (NAVY) def. Breen,Dylan (BING) 7-5, 6-1
4. Buckingham, Lachlan (NAVY) def. Liao,Harry (BING) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
5. Etterbeek, J.J. (NAVY) def. Ajed,Andre (BING) 6-3, 6-2
6. Kim, Tommy (NAVY) def. Sakkas,Giannis (BING) 6-2, 6-1
Navy 4-2
Binghamton University 1-1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (6,2,1,3,5,4)
Binghamton returns to the Lane – Starke Tennis Center next Friday against Bucknell for a 6 p.m. start time.